DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Oh to be Christly! We do desire to live on earth the life of Jesus—sent into the world by him as he was sent into the world by the Father. We would closely copy all his acts, words, and spirit; for so only are we saved, when we are saved from the power of sin, and transformed into the likeness of Christ.
Let no drunkard here imagine that his life ought to be spent in a selfish endeavor to save himself from the flames of hell; but may he rather reckon that the grand object is to be saved from the power of sin, and to be consecrated unto God, and to live unto the glory of the most High. Oh Lord, we do fear that selfishness even enters into our most holy things; we mar and spoil our prayers, and preachings, and teachings, with the unwashed hands with which we go about them. Oh, that you would make us clean, we pray.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2:5)
What an example we have set before us in the Lord Jesus Christ! Jesus is the divine example of love and self-denial, and as we hope to be saved by him we must diligently copy him. He is now exalted to the highest glory as the reward of his voluntary humiliation, and by the same means must his disciples rise to honor. We must stoop to conquer. He who is willing to be nothing shall be possessor of all things.
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